Life under Castro in Havana described by AP writer
In Havana, an AP reporter details daily life under Fidel Castro with the armed forces, defense committees, and Communist Youth pervasive in society. Rationing, surveillance, and a two-tier economy separate locals from foreign guests as state controls extend into food, travel, and education. The piece, filed in Austin Minnesota’s 1971 edition, notes hotel exclusion for the public and dollar payments for foreigners.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Cuba
White House
Castro Siuill
Havana
Joaquin Martinez
Revolutionary Armed Forces
Castro
Raul
Audubon Banquet Raises 2000 for Eagle Nest Preserve
Sponsors of a campaign to buy a bald eagle nesting area beside the Mississippi River report a $2000 haul from a weekend fund raising banquet. The $10 per plate event and tours of the proposed preserve near Cassville were sponsored by a Southwestern Wisconsin Audubon Club committee.
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Platteville, Wis
Cassville
Wisconsin
Rhodes Scholarships Awarded To Three Students
James M. Braden of Louisville Kentucky and Nicholas Spaeth of Bismarck North Dakota were named Rhodes Scholars. One Macalester College student in St Paul Minn is also selected for the Oxford University stipend.
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Middletown
Five Weekend Traffic Deaths Boost Minnesota Toll
Five weekend traffic deaths in Minnesota raise the 1971 state toll to 963, with victims from Minneapolis Blaine Nadine St Paul and Breckenridge. Incidents include an elderly pedestrian struck at NE Fifth Street and Broadway, a teen push-car accident on I 35W, a Nadine walker hit on a county road, a St Paul driver-pedestrian crash at Dale and Charles, and a Breckenridge crash on US 75. The report also notes federal signings and Luther College president's comments on fall-term suspension amid racial tensions.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Albert Walstead
Fifth St
Broadway
Big Falls
Minn
Blaine
Twin Cities
Thomas Richards
New Brighton
Darlene Jacobson
Nadine
Winona
Ray Seeboldt
Dakota
St. Paul
Dale and
Charles
Donald Gonser
Joseph Rossi
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PCA
ST. Paul, Minn
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Larson
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Defense Department
District of Columbia
Peace Corps
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
Luther College
E.D. Farwell
Netherlands
Canada
Hiram Walker Importers Inc
Detroit
Mich
Queen Elizabeth
Hiram Walker & Sons Limited
Walkerville
Oakland Ave
Philadelphia
WELCH
U. Ss
Nestles
KRAFT
Calif
Culkes
Hormel
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